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Telecommunications Act 2001

Services provided using networks developed with Crown funding: Undertakings regime and Commerce Act 1986 authorisations - Undertakings relating to networks developed with Crown funding as part of Rural Broadband Initiative

156AY: Requirements for undertakings under this subpart

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If you are a service provider, you can enter into an undertaking. The undertaking you enter into must do two things: it must make sure you do not discriminate when supplying certain services, and it must let the Commission see information that shows you are following the rules. You have to give the Commission the information they need to check if you are doing what you said you would do in the undertaking.

When you enter into an undertaking, it can also say how any disputes between you and people who want to use your services will be resolved. This can be done by someone who is independent and has the right skills and experience. The undertaking can include other things as well, not just how to resolve disputes.

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Undertakings relating to networks developed with Crown funding as part of Rural Broadband Initiative

156AYRequirements for undertakings under this subpart

  1. A service provider may enter into an undertaking.

  2. The undertaking must—

  3. provide for the service provider to achieve non-discrimination in relation to supply of relevant services; and
    1. provide for the disclosure of relevant information to the Commission, to support the Commission's assessment of compliance with the undertaking.

      1. An undertaking may specify a mechanism for resolution, by a suitably qualified and experienced independent person, of any disputes that arise between the service provider and access seekers after the undertaking is approved.

      2. Subsection (3) does not limit the further matters that may be included in an undertaking.

      Notes
      • Section 156AY: inserted, on , by section 81 of the Telecommunications (TSO, Broadband, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 27).